A Family Decorated a Roadside Tree for Christmas. After It Was Cut Down, They Wanted Answers
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<!--amp-source-stack {"hook":"the_excerpt","filter":true,"post_id":7721744,"post_type":"attachment","sources":[{"type":"core","name":"wp-includes","file":"formatting.php","line":37,"function":"wptexturize"},{"type":"core","name":"wp-includes","file":"formatting.php","line":3360,"function":"convert_smilies"},{"type":"core","name":"wp-includes","file":"formatting.php","line":2383,"function":"convert_chars"},{"type":"core","name":"wp-includes","file":"formatting.php","line":442,"function":"wpautop"},{"type":"core","name":"wp-includes","file":"formatting.php","line":820,"function":"shortcode_unautop"},{"type":"core","name":"wp-includes","file":"media.php","line":1771,"function":"wp_filter_content_tags"},{"type":"core","name":"wp-includes","file":"https-migration.php","line":51,"function":"wp_replace_insecure_home_url"}]}--><p>Ali Hutchins and her father first decorated the tree in fall 2021 after they spied an opportunity as they drove along Centrepoint Parkway: A lonely evergreen was growing up through a guardrail.</p>
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